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What the F**K is Social Media: One Year Later
Not too serious slideshow on social media, with a number of stats on impact. Emphasizes the idea that social media is a conversation, not a broadcast platform for marketing.
rheingold's brainstorms: The Art of Hosting Good Conversations Online
Tips for hosts of online conversations. Applies to online facilitators too.
The 6 Levels of Engagement in Online Conversations | Lateral Action
A framework for thinking about the depth and value of online conversations. It's easy to have mindless, shallow conversations; it takes more work and creativity to have relevant conversations that show who you really are.
YackTrack.com: Home
Enter a URL for a blog post and see conversations about it through comments, Twitter, Google blog search, etc.
100 Conversation Topics : eLearning Technology
A list to go to when you're stumped for something to blog about. Imagine you had a conversation about one of these 100 topics related to learning, e-learning, and technology.
Models of Blogs: Blog as Participant in Conversation (3 of 3) on Flickr
CC-NC image of blogs as connectors of ideas in conversations.
Learning in the Webiverse: How Do You Grade a Conversation?
Principles for assessing online discussions and other conversations (blogs, chat, etc.) by coherence, awareness of audience, and diction. Writing for asynchronous discussion isn't the same as writing an essay, and the author argues that students who simply post essays to the discussion board should receive good grades.
In the Wild « Web2.0 in High School
Observations from the beginning of a high school project with Ning, Animoto, and Flickr. Most of the insight is around how Ning facilitates conversations between students and lets the teacher join the discussion. Students are engaged with Ning; they are personalizing their spaces and giving each other constructive feedback.
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The ability for teachers to understand and add value to the comment ‘back channel’ is a key skill for the ‘connected teacher’. Anyone can swap an writing pad for a blog, there is no value in that. The back channel is the conversation, and is the heartbeat of thought.
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I can’t think of another way in which teachers can get such immediate access to the ‘thinking’ process that is playing out in front of them.
A List Apart: Articles: Community: From Little Things, Big Things Grow
One of the founders of Flickr writes about building online community. One of his big points is that if you create too many hard and fast rules, people are less creative and open to conversation. It's better to build community by providing spaces for people to negotiate the guidelines for themselves as much as possible.
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The sculpture demonstrated a fascinating idea: given fewer rules, people actually behaved in more creative, co-operative, and collaborative (or competitive, as the case may be) ways.
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Any time you construct specific rules of engagement, they are instantly open to interpretation and circumvention, and we want our members to negotiate their place with each other, not with The Authority.
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How To Effectively Manage Your Comments on Other People’s Blogs | Mobile Technology in TAFE
Directions for setting up and using co.mments. Anyone who is having trouble with coComment should check this out as an alternative comment tracker.
Dave’s Whiteboard » Blog Archive » Think and do?
Dave Ferguson explains at the end of this post his "three links out" idea. You read a post on one of your regular blogs, then click a link (1). From there, click another link (2). From that place, click a third link (3). This brings you outside your regular circle of reading so you're explosed to new people and ideas. Seems like a good lifelong learning technique.
I mean, really, where did we think all of this was going to go?
George Siemens further explores the idea of a world without courses in 3 areas: 1. Content
2. Conversations and Connections
3. Reputation and Accreditations
This would be a real revolution in learning and education, and it's intriguing to imagine the possibilities even if it is (as Siemens admits) very speculative.
The Bamboo Project Blog: Six Reasons People Aren't Commenting On Your Blog
If you're not getting comments on your blog, these might be some of the reasons. If you sound like a press release, infomercial, or know-it-all, people won't join the conversation. Create the right atmosphere, show people how to comment, and make it clear you want conversation, and you might get more comments.
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